The piece opens with the Greek words "Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison", repeated many times: Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy . . .
This is followed by elements of the Latin Gloria: "And on earth peace, goodwill to all men". "We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee on account of Thy great glory. O Lord God, King of Heaven, almighty Father".
The solo: Lord, the Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father who lifts the sins of the world, have mercy upon us, receive our prayers, You who sits on the right hand of the Father have mercy upon us; Because you are the Holy One, the Only Lord, the Highest, Jesus Christ; with the Holy Spirit in Glory, God the Father, Amen (Amen is repeated many times).
This is followed by further Latin prayers: the Credo, the Sanctus, the Agnus Dei and ends with the phrase "Dona nobis pacem" (Give us peace) repeated many times.
minimi or brevis
Short is the English equivalent of the Latin root 'brev-'. Latin derivatives of the Latin root are the adjective 'brevis', which means 'short'; and the feminine gender noun 'brevitas', which means 'shortness'. English derivatives include the adjective and noun 'brief', and the noun 'brevity'.
No - they sing the words of the Latin Mass - effectively all settings of the Mass by Renaissance composers set the same words.
In the television series Charmed, the words Absolvo amitto, amplus brevis: semper mea are supposed to mean "To free what is lost, say these words: 'mine forever'". In fact, this is not a grammatical Latin sentence and it would have caused great head-scratching among the ancient Romans. To them it would have meant something like "I release I dismiss ample brief always mine".
The main word for "little" in Latin is parvus.Other words of related meaning include brevis ("short"), exiguus ("scanty; little") and vegrandis ("not very big; diminutive").
Plain English is simple, straightforward, easily understood English,in other words the opposite of the English used by lawyers which uses long words, out-of-date words, technical words and Latin words.
Translated it reads: A LETTER FROM THE CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith sent to all Bishops of the Catholic Church and other Ordinaries and members of the Hierarchy.
There are about 228,132 words total in the English language.
There are more than 100,000,000 English words.
Cognates are words which are the same in English and French.
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